MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
Department of Public Safety
Public Information and Education Division - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Capt. John J. Hotz
9212016-1 (573) 526-6115

September 21, 2016
EMPHASIS: Colonel Bret Johnson Announces Promotion


Colonel J. Bret Johnson announces the following promotion effective October 1, 2016:

Sergeant Benjamin C. Jones is being promoted to lieutenant and being assigned to the Career Recruitment Division where he will serve as assistant director. Lieutenant Jones is a 15-year veteran of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Jones was appointed to the Patrol on January 16, 2001, as a member of the 78th Recruit Class. Upon graduation from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 8/Zone 9 New Madrid and Pemiscot counties On October 24, 2007, he transferred to Troop E, Zone 14, as a commercial vehicle enforcement trooper. He was promoted to corporal on October 1, 2010, and sergeant on September 1, 2014, and remained in his position as a commercial vehicle enforcement trooper.

Lt. Jones grew up in Clarkton, MO, where he graduated from high school in 1991. Lt. Jones and his wife Selene (Torress) have two children, Brianna and Benjamin.

A photo of Lt. Jones is posted beneath this news release on the Patrol's website.

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